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Christof Spieler: Election of Representative-Elect Lizzie Fletcher is “very relevant for transit” …Reddit is Ready to Build Some High Capacity Transit in Houston …METRO Hopes For A Strong Advocate In Congress With Lizzie Fletcher’s Election (Houston Public Media) “CapMetro Account is Getting Sassy in Its Advocacy for Dedicated Lanes and I’m Here For It.” (Dan […]

Today is the Last Day of Early Voting. Go Vote. Capital Metro Considering New Technology for Easier Ways to Buy, Use Transit Passes (Community Impact) Self-Driving Trolley Began Service Yesterday on a Little Loop in Downtown Bryan The Atlantic Magazine Hosting Renewal Summit in Houston, November 13 The City of Fort Worth Complete Streets Plan […]

Out of Control: Walking, Cycling in Houston Region Can Be Risky (Houston Chron) Large Industrial Site at Rail Station May Redevelop as Walkable Mixed Use Center (Austin Bus Journal) …But Anti-Environmental Austin Council Member Worried About Requiring Enough Car Parking Woman Driving Drunk and Fast Crashes into Fire Engine, Headline Uses “SUV Crashes” Language (Morning News) […]

Peter Calthorpe: Robot Cars Won’t Solve Congestion, But Robot Transit Might (New York Times) Three Versions of Austin’s Next Transit Map (Austin On Your Feet) Lessons From Austin on Legalizing Apartments (Beyond Chron) DART Expands Customer Connectivity Options with Digital Kiosks Austin’s Rail Or Bust Activists Succeed in Getting Cap Metro to Add “BRT/LRT/ART” to […]

VIA Rolls Out Smart Transit Initiatives (San Antonio Business Journal) Call Issued for Public to Demand Bike Lanes in North St. Mary’s Street Reconstruction Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council to Consider Draft Resolution on Dockless Mobility Tonight Two Vacancies Opening Up in January on the Houston Bicycle Advisory Committee. Apply Now. City of Austin Chooses Worst […]

Speaker Tonight at UT-Austin: Generation Priced Out: a Discussion with Randy Shaw The Woodlands / Montgomery County Keep Trying to Expand the 20th Century Roads (Houston Chron) City’s ‘safest driver contest’ decreased distracted driving, speeding (News4SA) We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads (TheCityFix) How Many People are Getting Hurt […]